Inside Visual Studio .Net by MS Press

This book has three sections...

1. Using the IDE

2. Customizing the IDE

3. Automating the IDE

It has alot about the ide in it!

BOb



>Given the other options out there today, I thought it was a basic starter book although granted, it is lacking some information.
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>There is also:
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>The Book of Visual Studio .NET
>by Robert B. Dunaway
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>and
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>Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET 2003 in 21 Days
>by Jason Beres
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>I haven't found any book myself yet that comprehensively covers the IDE or that someone didn't feel was lacking in some area. Good luck and please post it if you do locate a good comprehensive book on the .net IDE!
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>
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>>Hi Tracy,
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>>I have this one marked to check out at Powell's next week, but there are two reivews that say it is not about the IDE. One of them has a whole laundry list of things that are not covered in which I am interested
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>>From the review:
>>NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK
>>-The VS.NET environment
>>-What is happening when you create a solution?
>>-How solutions and projects relate to each other
>>-Files associated with projects vs. files associated with solutions
>>-How to configure the environment
>>-How to get help and create favorites of it, including information on the namespace references
>>-How to move, rename and delete projects, including web projects
>>-Tips on project layout, directory locations, and web project file management
>>-How to use common custom libraries for all your projects
>>
>> pamela
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>>>Effective Visual Studio .Net
>>>by David Richard Kalkstein DeLoveh, Dan Maharry, Bill Sempf, Don Xie
>>>
>>>>Is there any book out there covering the .NET IDE specifically? I just spent 20 minutes or so browsing Amazon and almost every book has a comment "If you expecting coverage of the IDE, this is not the book." So what is "the book"
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>>>>pamela